Jimmy was born in Maryville Tennessee (USA) on the 7th of November, 1987. He found climbing at age 17 through a close friend and began competing locally in his high school. When he was 19 he moved to the nearby climbing mecca of Chattanooga and started repeating the hardest lines and establishing a few of his own. In 2013 he made a memorable trip to Rocklands, South Africa where he flashed multiple 8B boulders. From here on he became known as “the greatest flash climber” in the sport of bouldering. These days developing is the main passion behind Jimmy and his climbing. He travels the world as much as possible in search for the next best thing. Currently he is living in California exploring the endless amounts of potential hidden in the Sierra Mountains.first 8c+ that same year, and his first 9a ‘San Ku Kai’ in the French climbing area of Entraygues in 2011 in only 3 attempts. At this point he already had a strong relationship with his two coaches Patrick Matros and Dicki Korb with whom he is training since he was 13 years old.

After finishing school Alex decided to dedicate a whole year to travelling around the globe and visiting different climbing areas. His first trip brought him to the USA, where he redpointed routes such as ‘The Fly’ — 5.14d (9a), and flashed ‘Pure Imagination’ — 5.14c (8c+). Moving on to Siurana in Spain, he made the first ever onsight ascent of a 9a route, with ‘Estado Crítico’, and climbed the legendary ‘La Rambla’ (9a+) on his second try. These ascents enabled and inspired Alex to continue traveling around the world and to train and climb even harder than before. In Australia he established ‘R.E.D.”, the country’s first grade 35 (9a) in the Blue Mountains; he gave Canada its first 5.15b (9b) — ‘Fight Club’; and in Margalef (Spain) he made the first redpoint of ‘Perfecto Mundo’ (9b+), the hardest route in the area and one of the hardest in the world. As well as climbing and traveling, Alex is also a passionate photographer and never goes anywhere without his camera.